The 'Circuit de Valencia' (officially named "'Circuit de la Comunitat Valenciana Ricardo Tormo'") is a
motorsport race track located in
Cheste (
Valencia,
Spain) and built in 2000. It has a capacity of 120,000 spectators and seating for 60,000. It is often used as a test track by the
Formula One teams, because of the mild temperatures in winter.
Kimi Räikkönen holds the unofficial lap record, set while testing a
McLaren-Mercedes, with a time of 1 m 09.005sec.
The track hosts the
MotoGP Valencian Community Grand Prix.
The track is named after Spanish Grand Prix motorcycle racer
Ricardo Tormo (7 September 1952 - 27 December 1998).
External links
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Circuit de Valencia - Official website
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Trackpedia's guide to driving the Circuit de Valencia